Saw-handle.



Patented Aug. 27, ISIS.

A TTORNEYS M. RUTH.

SAW HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25.1937- MAX RUTH, OFVJERSEY cITY,NEW JERSEY.

SAW-HANDLE.

Application filed June 25, 1917. Serial No. 176,707.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, MAX RUTH, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of J ersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Saw-Handle, of which thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to saws and deals more particularly with anadjustable handle whereby the handle can be set at ninety degrees to theplane of the blade or in the same plane with the latter.

The invention has for its general objects to improve the construction ofhandles of this character so as to be comparatively simple andinexpensive to manufacture, reliable and e'llicient in use, and sodesigned as to be easily and quickly adjusted.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a novel formof hinge between the handle and the plate or leaf to which the blade isriveted, such hinge having yieldingly connected members for erl'nittingthe interengaging of clutch teeth on the eyes of the hinge, the pintleof the hinge being in the form of a bolt which is tightened to cause theteeth to be firmly interlocked.

With such objects in view, and others,

which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprisesvarious novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be set forth with particularity in the following description andclaims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention and wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views,

Figure l is a perspective view of the saw avith the handle ad usted to aposition at right-angles to the plane of the blade;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with a portion of thehandle broken away to ofconstruction; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, A designates an ordinary saw blade and B thehandle attached to the blade. This handle comprises a base plate orattachingsection 1, a hinge 2 and a handle section 3. The section 1 isfastened by rivets a to the blade and it is formed with a central eye orapertured ear 5. The handle section 3 is composed of illustrate thedetails Specification of Letters latent.

PatentedAug'. 27, 1918.

a grip member 6 and yieldingly connected members 7 which terminate inapertured eyes 8 disposed at opposite sides of the central hinge eye 5.A bolt 9 having a win pintle and a clamping means for causing the eyesto rigidly engage each other. To insure a positive engagement of theeyes they are provided with interlocking teeth 11 on their meetingfaces. The members 7 normally spring apart so that the teeth 11 willhave yielding engagement for parts yieldingly together. Before thehandle is ad usted the wing nut 10 is slightly the handle is ad usted tothe right position the wing nut 10 is again tightened.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation willbe readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the inventionappertains, and while I have changes within silient and set in thechannel of the handle, said side members being provided with eyesalining with the eye on the blade, a bolt passing through the eyes forconnecting the handle with the blade, and interengaging teeth betweenthe eyes for holding the the members, a bolt passing through the eyeshandle in the plane oi the blade or at an on the blade and the members,and means for 10 angle thereto. clamping the eyes together to hold the2. The combination of a saw blade having handle in different positionsof adjustment. 5 an eye, a handle formed With a channel, MAY RUTH spacedmembers projecting from the handle i w resilient connecting meanslocated in the fitness: channel for uniting the members, eyes on JOHNBRUNTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. G.

